The Seer

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last. . . .

Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him.

The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat...and up till morning. More

The first time Nick Northfield saw a demon was the summer of 1988 in Houston, Texas, when he was nine years old. It wouldn’t be the last...

On the outside, Nick has everything a kid could want: a Nintendo with plenty of games, two good friends, and an unrequited crush whose interest in him might be growing. His mom always told him, “Count your friends on one hand and call yourself lucky,” and Nick always listened. But something is wrong on the inside, for he’s having haunting visions, nightmares that cause him to wake up screaming, and thoughts that he’s different than other kids and very much alone. And not long after his first sighting of a demon, he sees another...

On the opposite side of town, Sal Burke helps operate his family’s candy store by day, and by night embarks upon a vicious killing spree, eager to watch his fame around town grow. And it does, as the town soon grows wary of the vicious murderer known only as the Pied Piper. Now Sal is opening a new candy store in Nick’s part of town...and horror will soon follow.

Beware, the Pied Piper is coming to town, and he’s bringing his lust for murder and mayhem with him.

The Seer is a terrifying novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat...and up till morning.

Grant Palmquist is the author of the science-fiction novel Azure and four horror novels: A Song After Dark, Permanent Winter, Dirge, and The Seer. His short stories have appeared in Chizine, Dogmatika, and Underground Voices.

He lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife, and is currently at work on a novella entitled Sinkhole.